The Tenant

Local title
Üüriline
Director
Sushrut Jain
Country
India, USA
Year
2021
Programme
Youth Competition
Genre
family
Subject
Society, first love, humor

Bharat isa 13-year-old boy struggling with adolescence in a conservative Mumbai suburb. When Meera, a beautiful cosmopolitan woman from the big city, moves in next door, she immediately causes a stir. Bharatis drawn to her and pursues an unlikely friendship. Meera, lonely and vulnerable, finds Bharat’s innocence a welcome change in a sea of ogling Indian men. When she introduces him to jazz and teaches him how to dance with a woman, he glimpses a world of possibilities he is eager to experience. But when he stumbles upon a dark secret from Meera’s past, Bharat is forced to choose: Is she a woman of bad character like everyone says, or is she the smart, sensitive person he knows? It’s only a matter of time before the grownups in the building find out, and what Bharat does next will determine the kind of man he will grow up to be.

Director
Sushrut Jain
Screenwriter
Sushrut Jain
Cast
Shamita Shetty, Rudhraksh Jaiswal
Producer
Kanchan Kalra, Daniel Walter, Sushrut Jain
DoP
Pankaj Kumar, Nuthan Nagraj
Cinematographer
Pankaj Kumar, Nuthan Nagraj
Production designer
Saloni Dhatra
Editor
John Alan Thompson
Music
Norman Kim, Daniel Walter
Sound
Andrew Bellety
Production
Golden Creeper Pictures
Distributor
Golden Creeper Pictures
World sales
13 Films
Runtime
1h 51m
Language
English
Subtitles
Estonian, English
Director
Sushrut Jain

Sushrut Jain on filmitegija, keda juhib soov jäädvustada India inimeste igapäevaelu ilu. Mumbais sündinud ja kasvanud Sushrut kolis Ameerika Ühendriikidesse, et jätkata õpinguid Stanfordi ülikooli majandusteaduse erialal. Kuid kirg lugude jutustamise vastu viis ta lõpuks filmiprogrammi kraadiõppesse USC-s (University of Southern California ehk Lõuna-California Ülikool). 2013. aastal valmis Sushrutil täispikk dokumentaalfilm "Beyond All Boundaries", mis räägib kolme indialase – rahatu superfänni, Mumbai linnameeskonda pürgiva kriketitüdruku ja 12-aastase kriketi imelapse – erakordsetest lugudest, kellest igaühe jaoks on kriketisport väljapääs raskest elust. Film, mille kaasprodutsent ja teksti lugeja on Kunal Nayyar "Suure paugu teooriast" ("The Big Bang Theory"), võitis mitmeid auhindu USA filmifestivalidel ja on vaadatav Netflixis üle maailma. Sushruti debüütlühifilm "Andheri" (2009) – realistlik draama tegevuspaigaga Mumbai tänavatel – oli ametlik valik prestiižsel Clermont-Ferrand'i rahvusvahelisel lühifilmide festivalil Prantsusmaal, misjärel mängis see enam kui 40 filmifestivalil üle maailma, võites mitmeid auhindu.

Beyond All Boundaries (2013, doc)

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Screenings

14th Nov, Sunday
18:00
4th Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening031303 / Üüriline
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration1h 51m
16th Nov, Tuesday
17:00
Hall Electric Cinema, Tartu
Screening052202 / Üüriline
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration1h 51m
23rd Nov, Tuesday
15:15
4th Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening121301 / Üüriline
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Q&A guestsSushrut Jain - Director
Q&A duration0h 20m
Screening duration1h 51m
24th Nov, Wednesday
12:15
3rd Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening131202 / Üüriline
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Q&A guestsSushrut Jain - Director
Q&A duration0h 20m
Screening duration1h 51m
29th Nov, Monday
10:00
Virtual hall Online Cinema
ScreeningÜüriline
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
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